Requirements engineering practices in small and medium software companies: An empirical study

Requirement engineering is considered the most imperative phase in software development process. The RE practices have been defined as a key issue that affects the success rate of projects in software industry. Scarce requirement engineering can lead to expensive errors in the later software development phase. The literature reports a variety of Requirement engineering practices, however, this study focuses to which extent these practices are being followed in small and medium software industry of Pakistan. The study also tries to identify the potential limitations to adopt appropriate requirements engineering practices. Some possible solutions are also provided in this study.